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Create a Client Partition (i, AIX, or Linux) Hosted by an IBMi Server Partition using Enhanced Signon

How To


Summary

Steps to create a client partition using the enhanced gui

Objective

Create the Client Partition via HMC Enhanced:

Creating virtual server and client adapters using the HMC Enhanced GUI

1. For the Client partition navigate to Virtual I/O > Virtual Storage
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2. From the Virtual Storage panel press “Adapter View”

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3. Press “Create Adapter”

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4. Enter an adapter ID for both the client and Server partition and press “OK”

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 5. Once the server SCSI adapter is dynamically added, this creates a 290B COMM adapter on the HOST lpar. To find the rsc name on the HOST partition type: wrkhdwrsc *cmn and look for the 290B with the same ID that was created.

6. Find the controller name associated with the Virtual SCSI Server adapter using WRKHDWRSC *CMN. 7. Create a NWSD (NetWork Server Description):

CRTNWSD

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 August 2022

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ibm10725819

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